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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Billing

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 April 2025UIN 42223

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of invoices from UK suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt between September 2024 and February 2025.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The department’s prompt payment performance is published quarterly at the following website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defra-prompt-payment-data-april-2015-to-march-2024

In the most recent published period, covering October, November and December 2024, 99.4% of the payments were to UK suppliers.

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